About The Paris Review

Prizes

Prizes are awarded annually at the Spring Revel by the editors of The Paris Review. Winning selections are announced in the winter issue. No application form is required; winners are selected from the stories and poems published in The Paris Review each year.

The Paris Review Hadada

The Hadada Award is presented each year to “a distinguished member of the writing community who has made a strong and unique contribution to literature.” Previous recipients of the Hadada include John Ashbery, Joan Didion, Norman Mailer, Peter Matthiessen, George Plimpton (posthumously), Barney Rosset, Philip Roth, James Salter, Robert Silvers, William Styron, Paula Fox, and Frederick Seidel.

The Terry Southern Prize for Humor

The Paris Review recognizes humor, wit and sprezzatura as important qualities of good writing. The Terry Southern Prize honors work appearing in the last year, either in the Paris Review or the Paris Review Daily, that best embodies those qualities. It is given in memory of our loyal contributor Terry Southern, known for his uproarious fiction and journalism and such screenplays as Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider. Past recipients include Elif Batuman, J. D. Daniels, Adam Wilson, and Ben Lerner.